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MP’s son charged over ‘legal highs’

Russell Jenkins

September 15 2012, 1:01am, The Times

The son of Louise Ellman, MP denies the allegationsNeil Jones/News Group Newspapers

The son of a Labour MP is to stand trial over the sale of “legal highs” at his chain of shops. Sean Ellman, 40, the son of Louise Ellman, MP for Liverpool Riverside, denies not properly labelling a substance called Gogaine about its potential risks. Trading standards officers raided the Chester branch of Dr Herman’s, a chain in the North West owned by Mr Ellman, in August last year. Mr Ellman, from Manchester, denies the allegations. The case will be heard at Chester Magistrates’ Court in November.